It reeks of some ploy to stage a fundraising effort for the elephants given the success of the import at DZ, SCZ and HDZ. Whether barn refurb, expansion or other. Power to them. Zoo has a lot of potential, just not in the greatest market.
The Zoo's first ever bongo calf was born! It's a girl! N.C. Zoo welcomes endangered baby bongo :: WRAL.com
Female giraffe Jamili died after getting entangled in an enrichment item. Giraffe dies after tragic accident at NC Zoo
The search is on for two secretary birds that have escaped their exhibit. Since when did North Carolina have/get secretary birds as I don't remember reading about them before? 2 African Birds Missing From Habitat At NC Zoo
The Secretary Birds were housed in an offsite/behind-the-scenes habitat. They were never displayed to the public on their main zoo site as far as I am aware.
Five red wolf pups were born. 5 critically endangered red wolf pups born at NC Zoo during storms, tornado
The title suggests otherwise …. The storyline is really about integration of a non troupe orphaned juvenile gorilla male into the NC Zoo breeding group. It seems to have taken longer than expected, but now successful. BTW: the orphaned M Dembe is from CM Zoo - Colorado or Denver (clearly the newspaper info is "mixed")?
Dembe is from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs. He’s also not an orphan. His mom still lives at CMZ. He was moved because of fear that introductions with the new silverback would not end well. Silverbacks are known to perform infanticide when they take over a troop.
I wish newspaper reporters would get their facts checked and right!!! I assume CM Zoo lost their old silverback and Dembe was still too young and had to be taken from his mother. As you rightly observed silverbacks will kill infant gorillas not their own when taking over control of a gorilla troupe.
Sorry for posting this in the news thread, but would someone who has been to this zoo be able to advise me on how much time to allot for it? It doesn't seem particularly exhibit or animal-heavy, but the massive area of the zoo makes me wonder about how quickly one can even walk across it.
They suggested devoting 3-4 hours for the Africa section and 2-3 hours for the North America section in the map. They do offer a tram service that goes from one end of the zoo to the other that goes through a gorgeous forest.
I got to the zoo when it opened and was able to get out an hour before closing, with the only revisits being the aviary and the seabird/polar bear set of exhibits. It’s certainly a big undertaking.
I would up that to 3-4 hours for NA as the NA region has more species on display than the Africa region. Personally, I spend the entire 8 hours they are open there, and roughly divide that into half for each region, so for both regions, 3-4 hours each is a good number. I would recommend 6 hours minimum due to how spread out everything is here. The tram is good for getting from one end of the zoo to the other, but keep in mind no animals are visible from the tram. Also, I usually enter through the Africa gate; it's less crowed than the NA gate and you are also treated to turtles as far as the eye can see in the lake below the bridge that leads to the Africa gate.
A little late, but the North Carolina Zoo has just opened a new exhibit for Hellbenders. North Carolina Zoo unveils Hellbender salamander on May 8 Some extra trivia: According to a NCZ keeper I spoke with back in March at the Museum of Natural Sciences (visiting during the Reptile & Amphibian Day event), they are being housed in the former Brook Trout exhibit at Streamside. They have 5 Hellbenders in their care, but only 3 would be on exhibit. *Edited for clarity.
